The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson

If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I'd find a match.

Cuz I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.

If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I'll make it better.

Cuz I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.

I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all you tear.

Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.

Stolen - Dashboard Confessional

tohoku - part 1

tohoku=東北 which means northeast. it is the north eastern part of japan where cities like sendai, morioka lies. east of tokyo. south of hokkaido.

i visited tohoku last april and it has been more than a year and i did not post any pics i took. time to get things going.

i remembered that i had to clear leave, else leave will get eaten up. so i planned for the trip within the span of 2 weeks. i think i got my air ticket 3 days before departure. because i had about 10days to clear and did not know where to head for, i decided why not japan. my favourite and familiar place.i could do that i thought to myself. i could plan a trip on my own in 2 weeks. so i did. did not book any accommodations at all. but i contacted kyoko, my long lost friend. then i will be on my own. too rush for other friends to take leave to accompany me. my mother changed her mind about joining me, which i cannot remember why. so i went alone.

bought myself a 7day JR pass so i can take the trains all the way to the north.

here are pics of my adventure, although this is a bit late. but i sincerely hope you enjoy the pics and i hope i remember the details correctly as old brains do not work as well as you like them.

me only, on jal.


tokyo bay!


landing at narita airport. can you see the mild sakura?


after i arrived. i actually idled for quite a fair bit at the arrival hall, buying drinks, visiting toilet. then when i reached the JR station, i realised i should have started queuing to change for my JR pass. ended up spending almost an hour in the queue.


then i hopped onto a regular Keisei train because i was going to see kyoko! long time. so this journey will just be me and my good-ole backpack.


kyoko and mizuki! wow.

lucky to catch some sakura by the road. kyoko picked me up at the train station and we walked back to her place. dropped my stuff and we walked to lunch. along the way, sakuras are a plenty.

lunch at japanese family restaurant. mizuki is about 1.5years as of 2007 and she is fiercely independent. will insist on climbing up the baby chair on her own. and go to the drink dispenser station (free flow drinks for children) by herself to get juice which of course her mum has to do help her with. so she will climb down the chair, walk over to juice station, make her mum fill her cup, carry the juice back gently but yet dangerously, make her mum put juice on table, climb up chair. phew.

their lunch. cannot remember name but it is mixed rice with the ingredients you see. the egg is so beautiful!

my lunch! oyako-don. chicken & egg rice bowl. it is totally different from what you get here. the egg is simply heavenly! egg is little half cooked, very liquid yet wonderful. here, you only get the wholly cooked egg and chicken all smashed into one bowl. look!!!

after lunch, we took a stroll back. neighbour's flowers. this is spring by the way, where all nice things come to life.

the street where you can see kyoko's house. this will be your typical japanese houses. i mean like the landed property of here.

mizuki-chan all tired out. napped and yes, i placed the sheep there.

this is their living room/tv room/dining room. japanese are very good in making use of whatever space they have. so the table acts as living room table during day if necessary and dining table in the the evening. the table can be kept aside so the room becomes a playroom for mizuki and my bedroom at night. can you see the snacks i brought for kyoko? bengawan solo, fishball! well kyoko used to study here and she misses the snacks. so here we are, fishballs with japanese green tea for the afternoon.

then kyoko bought me sushi dinner. thanks!

after dinner, mi-chan was dancing in front of the telly. the weather in chiba was nice. about 15 i think. during winter, kyoko will use the heater, the one you can see in the pic. it is actually kerosene-run! actually, on the way to dinner, she carried a kerosen bucket to the petrol station next to the jap restaurant and bought some kerosene. awesome.

next day, we met up with junko (another long time friend who stayed here for a good time).this is saya! she's all grown up now.

junko. the infamous tai-tai. she still look so good.

we met at the train station, went to the supermarket because junko wanted to buy coffee powder. then we all walked to junko's aparto (apartment, something like our condo). you can see nagi, saya, junko, mizuki (asleep) and kyoko.

bought junko (and kyoko too) some orchids. they loved it.

junko has a tatami room.

they went to disneyland about a week ago.

pau

tiong bahru pau shop.



pau hiding behind the fried things.

conversation

woman: excuse me, can you tell me somethings?

me: yes?

woman: why is narita airport further away from tokyo than haneda airport?

me: ...

me: because it is just further?

woman: oh really?

me: .....

Gallopin Gaucho

Another classic Mickey

Steamboat Willie

Something i am still trying to find.

Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

When I see your smile
Tears run down my face I can't replace
And now that I'm stronger I've figured out
How this world turns cold and breaks through my soul
And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

It's ok. It's ok. It's ok.
Seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

Cuz you're my, you're my, my true love, my whole heart
Please don't throw that away
Cuz I'm here for you
Please don't walk away,
Please tell me you'll stay, stay

Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be ok
Though my skies are turning gray

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

Breathe In, Breath Out - Mat Kearney

Breathe in, breathe out
Tell me all of your doubts
Everybody bleeds this way, just the same

Breathe in, breathe out
Move on and break down
If everyone goes away, I will stay

We push and pull
And I fall down sometimes
And I'm not letting go
You hold the other line

Cause there is a light in your eyes, in your eyes

Hold on, hold tight
If I'm out of your sight
And everything keeps moving on, moving on
Hold on, hold tight
Make it through another night
In every day there comes a song with the dawn
We push and pull
And I fall down sometimes
And I'm not letting go
You hold the other line

Cause there is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
There is a light in your eyes, in your eyes

Breathe in and breathe out
Breathe in and breathe out
Breathe in and breathe out
Breathe in and breathe out

Look left, look right
To the moon and the night
Everything under the stars is in your arms

Cause there is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
There is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
There is a light in your eyes, in your eyes

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midweek

today is wednesday and it is mid week so that is +10 YAY points.

however, the weather is so crappy.

i didnt sleep well last night. stuff.
i slept at 11plus = +10 YAY points
woke up at 2am = -8 YAY points
woke up at 4am = -18 YAY points
woke up at 6am = -10 YAY points
finally woke up at 720am (for work) = -5 YAY points

so which equals to -21 YAY points.

;(

back

courtesy of my mum:

chestnut brown - 11 May 2008

experiment gone bonks

bored with half brown hair, i decided to become a blondie.
i heard blondies have more fun. hahah. so bought a bottle of 'blonde' dye.
who knows, my brown head was not too happy and decided to become... Archie?

10 May 2008


i think i need to change it.
again.

basking in the sun

i have this thought.

which is to have breakfast. mmm.. perhaps by my standards, brunch or lunch would be a better idea.

brunch then.

brunch by the sidewalk, al fresco. with a latte perhaps, oz-style, small glass of freshly made latte on a saucer. perhaps a sandwich to go with that. smoked salmon and cream cheese on olive bread. some salad on the side or maybe a couple of baby potatoes, boiled, with the skin still on.

a gentle weather, maybe 15 or 20deg c. a touch of sunshine, just so i wouldnt freeze.

a sweet conversation. a smile, a knowing smile. a touch of hands.

then a stroll, in the sunshine.

;0)